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11a A business trip
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Paul Emmerson

1 You are planning to go on a business trip. Write the details below.


The situation can be imaginary, or you can make it similar to your real-life job.
Where are you going? _____________________________________________________________________________
How long are you going to stay? ___________________________________________________________________
Why are you going? _______________________________________________________________________________
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What is your itinerary (the places you will visit)? ______________________________________________________
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Who will you meet? _______________________________________________________________________________
How well do you know them? Have you written / spoken to / met them before? ___________________________
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2 Write two e-mails, on separate sheets of paper, using the situation you created in 1. If possible, use real
people’s names and a realistic content. The maximum length for each e-mail is 100 words.
e-mail 1: Write to the person you are going to meet. What do you need to tell them? Perhaps you
need to let them know what you want to discuss. Do you want them to arrange anything for you?
e-mail 2: Write an e-mail to all your colleagues. Tell them about your plans and ask them if they
want you to take / do / find out / bring back anything.

3 Work with a partner. Exchange e-mail 1, and read each other’s situations from 1. Ask and answer questions
about your two situations. In particular, talk about the kind of reply your partner expects. You will need this
information in the next activity.

4 Work individually. Imagine that you are the person your partner is going to meet. Write a reply to your
partner’s e-mail. The maximum length for the e-mail is 100 words.

5 Exchange and read the e-mails. When you are ready, act out two roleplays using the situations
that you and your partner created. In the first roleplay, student A is the visitor and student B is the host. Then
swap roles for the second roleplay.

Visitor Host
You are the visitor (who created the situation). You are the host, ready to receive the visitor.
You arrived at your destination a few hours ago, Welcome your visitor, offer them a drink and
you have checked in to your hotel, and now you make some small talk (the journey? the hotel?
have arrived at your host’s office by taxi. The the news in their country? the state of the
receptionist has shown you to the office. Knock market?). Have a short business discussion. End
on the door. in a friendly way and offer to take your visitor
to dinner this evening.

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